Definitions
1.AdjectiveNot full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager."a scant allowance of provisions or water; a scant pattern of cloth for a garment"
2.AdjectiveSparing; parsimonious; chary.
3.AdjectiveSlightly diminished; just short of the amount described."a scant cup of sugar"
4.VerbTo limit in amount or share; to stint."to scant someone in provisions; to scant ourselves in the use of necessaries"
5.VerbTo fail, or become less; to scantle."The wind scants."
6.DeterminerVery little, very few."After his previous escapades, Mary had scant reason to believe John.; The failure of this project has scant to do with me."
7.NounA small piece or quantity.
8.NounScarcity; lack.
9.NounA block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
10.NounA sheet of stone.
11.NounA slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
12.AdverbWith difficulty; scarcely; hardly.